"covie" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /ˈkʌvi/ [General-American, Received-Pronunciation] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-covey (u).wav [Southern-England] Forms: covies [plural]
enPR: kŭvʹē Rhymes: -ʌvi Etymology: See covey. Etymology templates: {{m|en|covey}} covey Head templates: {{en-noun}} covie (plural covies)
  1. Obsolete spelling of covey Tags: alt-of, obsolete Alternative form of: covey
    Sense id: en-covie-en-noun-9vUFB5AP
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 1

Verb

IPA: /ˈkʌvi/ [General-American, Received-Pronunciation] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-covey (u).wav [Southern-England] Forms: covies [present, singular, third-person], covying [participle, present], covied [participle, past], covied [past]
enPR: kŭvʹē Rhymes: -ʌvi Etymology: See covey. Etymology templates: {{m|en|covey}} covey Head templates: {{en-verb}} covie (third-person singular simple present covies, present participle covying, simple past and past participle covied)
  1. (intransitive) Alternative spelling of covey (“to gather into a group”) Tags: alt-of, alternative, intransitive Alternative form of: covey (extra: to gather into a group)
    Sense id: en-covie-en-verb-~6kKfAqm
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 1

Verb

IPA: /ˈkʌvi/ [General-American, Received-Pronunciation] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-covey (u).wav [Southern-England] Forms: covies [present, singular, third-person], covying [participle, present], covied [participle, past], covied [past]
enPR: kŭvʹē Rhymes: -ʌvi Etymology: A variant of couve, cove, possibly influenced by covey (“brood or family of partridges”). Etymology templates: {{m|en|couve}} couve, {{m|en|cove}} cove, {{m|en|covey|t=brood or family of partridges}} covey (“brood or family of partridges”), {{!}} | Head templates: {{en-verb}} covie (third-person singular simple present covies, present participle covying, simple past and past participle covied)
  1. (transitive, intransitive, also figurative, obsolete) Synonym of cove (“of a bird or other animal: to brood, cover, incubate, or sit over (eggs)”) Tags: also, figuratively, intransitive, obsolete, transitive Synonyms: cove [synonym, synonym-of], couvey [obsolete]
    Sense id: en-covie-en-verb-KXEWTw29 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 26 32 42
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2

Inflected forms

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          "ref": "1869, A[manda] M[etcalf] Bright, “The Cascade”, in The Three Bernices; or, Ansermo of the Crag, Philadelphia, Pa.: Claxton, Remsen & Haffelfinger, […], →OCLC, page 87",
          "text": "Darling, of all the sweet thoughts that ever covied in thy heart and took wing from thy pretty lips, that is to me the noblest, sweetest, best.",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Synonym of cove (“of a bird or other animal: to brood, cover, incubate, or sit over (eggs)”)"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "transitive",
          "transitive"
        ],
        [
          "intransitive",
          "intransitive"
        ],
        [
          "cove",
          "cove#English"
        ],
        [
          "bird",
          "bird#Noun"
        ],
        [
          "animal",
          "animal"
        ],
        [
          "brood",
          "brood#Verb"
        ],
        [
          "cover",
          "cover#Verb"
        ],
        [
          "incubate",
          "incubate"
        ],
        [
          "sit",
          "sit#Verb"
        ],
        [
          "eggs",
          "egg#Noun"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(transitive, intransitive, also figurative, obsolete) Synonym of cove (“of a bird or other animal: to brood, cover, incubate, or sit over (eggs)”)"
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "extra": "(“of a bird or other animal: to brood, cover, incubate, or sit over (eggs)”)",
          "tags": [
            "synonym",
            "synonym-of"
          ],
          "word": "cove"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "also",
        "figuratively",
        "intransitive",
        "obsolete",
        "transitive"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈkʌvi/",
      "tags": [
        "General-American",
        "Received-Pronunciation"
      ]
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-ʌvi"
    },
    {
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      "tags": [
        "Southern-England"
      ],
      "text": "Audio (Southern England)"
    },
    {
      "enpr": "kŭvʹē"
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "tags": [
        "obsolete"
      ],
      "word": "couvey"
    }
  ],
  "word": "covie"
}

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